Transcatheter arterial embolization was applied in 7 cases of hepatic disease including hemobilia of various causes and malignant tumors at Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital during recent several years. The embolic materials were autologous blood clot and Gelfoam particle. Successful control of bleeding or devascularization of tumor vessel was made in 6 of the 7 patients. There was no serious complications; however, post embolization syndrome was found including pain, fever, nausea and vomiting in all cases and subsided after a few days. Transcatheter hepatic arterial embolization is suggested to be a safe and effective treatment in control of hemobilia and devascularization of malignant hepatic tumors.
Fever ; Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable ; Hemobilia ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Nausea ; Seoul ; Vomiting

PURPOSE: This study was to identify behaviors preventing the recurrence of breast cancer and the level of quality of life. METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted using a structured questionnaire from November 1, 2006 to December 25, 2006 . One hundred and twenty two women breast cancer survivors were recruited by convenience sampling. RESULTS: The most frequent behavior for preventing recurrence of the breast cancer was dietary treatment (90.9%) and exercise (86.8%) was the second behavior. In addition, most of them perceived these behaviors as 'very effective' (82.8%). The degree of the quality of life of a breast cancer survivor was 5.34 point indicating a 'medium level'. CONCLUSION: Breast cancer survivors pursued various behaviors for preventing recurrence of breast cancer. Therefore, the nursing interventions should be focused on a systematic educational approach considering healthy behaviors to prevent breast cancer recurrence for breast cancer survivors.
Adaptation, Psychological ; Adult ; Aged ; Breast Neoplasms/prevention & control/*psychology/therapy ; Data Interpretation, Statistical ; Demography ; Dietary Supplements ; Exercise Therapy ; Female ; *Health Behavior ; Humans ; Life Style ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/*prevention & control ; *Quality of Life ; Questionnaires ; Recurrence ; Survivors/*psychology

Idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF), which is characterized by marrow fibrosis, leukoerythroblastic anemia, teardrop poikilocytosis and splenomegaly due to extrumedullary hematopoiesis, has known to have no form of therapy. On the ground of the possibility of reversing collagen deposion in IMF using 1, 25dihydroxycholecalciferol [1, 25(OH)2D3], we report here our observations of 5 patients (M:F=1:4) with IMF before and after treatment with 0.5 microgram/day of alfacalcidol, precursor of 1, 25(OH)2D3. In 3 fo 5 patients the hemoglobin rose and in 4 of 5 the platelet count increased. Follow-up marrow examination revealed that marrow trephine reticulin fibrosis decreased according as the amelioration of clinical and laboratory findings. But these did not persist except one patient in spite of the sustained use of alfacalcidol. Our results suggest that alfacalcidol may have a therapeutic role in some patients with IMF. More extensive studies will be clarify the action of alfacalcidol in IMF.
Anemia, Myelophthisic ; Bone Marrow ; Child* ; Collagen ; Fibrosis ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hematopoiesis ; Humans ; Platelet Count ; Primary Myelofibrosis* ; Reticulin ; Splenomegaly

It is known that surgically induced astigmatism can be reduced by incision along the steep axis. Also, high grade astigmatism can be induced by pterygium. We evaluated the amount of corneal astigmatism according to the severity of pterygium in cataract patients. We retrospetively analysed the change of astigmatism after simultaneous surgery for cataract and pterygium retrospectively. We divided patients into two groups, temporal incision group. We confirmed that astigmatism is induced by moderate to severe pterygium. The more severe the pterygium, the more the amount of astigmatism. The amount of astigmatism was reduced after surgery irrespective of the incision. Postoperative astigmatic change was stabilized earlier in the temporal incision group than in the superior incision group. We concluded thath simultaneous surgery for cataract and pterygium can be considered when the severity of the pterygium is moderate to severe. Incision location in those surgeries should be decided according to whether the previous astigmatism was with-the-rule or aganinst-the-rule and this can be assumed by the state of astigmatism of the healthy, fellow sys. If the assumption is not possible, temporal incision is more desirable in aspectes of stability and predictability of postoperative astigmatism.
Astigmatism* ; Axis, Cervical Vertebra ; Cataract* ; Humans ; Pterygium* ; Retrospective Studies

No abstract available.
Gestational Age* ; Intracranial Hemorrhages*

Acute subdural hematoma is commonly occurred by severe or minor head injury, which is encountered to neurosurgeons and needed the emergency operation. But the mortality rate of the acute subdural hematoma is still very high(60-90%) in spite of the recently advanced neuroradiology. Neurosurgery and anesthesiology the authors had managed 50 cases of acute subdural hematomas, confirmed surgically, during 24 months from march 1971 to march 1973 and observed clinically. Followings are the results. 1. The male sex was predominantly high in incidence, 6 to 1. the age incidence was high in the 3 rd decade to 5 th decade which is in vigorous social activity. 2. The most common mode of the head injury was the traffic accident in 35 of 50 cases. 15 cases were from other injuries. 3. The level of consciousness of the acute subdural hematoma was various from drowsy consciousness to coma. The lucid interval was developed in 18% of those. 44 cases showed papillary change. 39(88.6%) of these were ipsilateral mydriasis. In 23 of 50 cases had motor disturbance and 78.2% of 23 cases showed contralateral hemiplegia or hemiparesis. The papillary change and hemiplegia were valuable to know the side of hematoma. 4. One of the best diagnostic procedure for the acute subdural hematoma was the angiography. The authors performed the carotid angiography before surgery in all cases. The avascular zone of the angiographic finding was crescentic form in 71.4% of all and the most common site was the parietotemporal region, but rare in the posterior fossa in one case. 5. The mortality rate was 46%. the high mortality was observed in the condition of the old age, persistant coma after surgery, bilateral mydriatic fixed pupil, concomitant profound brain damage and brain swelling. 3 cases of non survival which were in the persistant coma after surgery were died of the complication of severe decubital ulcer, septicemia, pneumonia and cachexia. 6. In 27 survival cases, the hemiplegia, oculomotor palsy, organic dementia and epilepsy were observed as sequelae, which were progressively recovered. 9 of 27 cases were completely recovered to normal social life. But the epilepsy and organic dementia were falt to be the worst sequelae remaining the problem.
Accidents, Traffic ; Anesthesiology ; Angiography ; Brain ; Brain Edema ; Cachexia ; Coma ; Consciousness ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Dementia ; Emergencies ; Epilepsy ; Hematoma ; Hematoma, Subdural, Acute* ; Hemiplegia ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Mortality ; Mydriasis ; Neurosurgery ; Paralysis ; Paresis ; Pneumonia ; Pupil Disorders ; Sepsis ; Ulcer

No abstract available.
Catheters* ; Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory*

PURPOSE: To report a case of moyamoya disease initially presenting transient visual loss in a healthy young subject. CASE SUMMARY: A 20-year-old male with no history of systemic disease or trauma visited our clinic due to sudden onset visual loss in the right eye. There were no accompanying symptoms, including headache, seizure, paresis, or paresthesia. Best corrected visual acuity at the first visit was hand movement in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. No abnormal finding was revealed in the anterior segment. On fundus examination, whitening at post pole was found in the right eye. In fluorescein angiography, a choroidal and retinal artery filling delay in the posterior pole was noted. The patient's visual acuity began to improve gradually and was recovered to 20/20 by the next day. Moyamoya disease was diagnosed based on magnetic resonance angiography of the brain and transfemoral cerebral angiography as well as stenosis of the internal carotid artery and middle cerebral artery with collateral vessel networks. CONCLUSIONS: Moyamoya disease should be considered as a possible cause of transient visual loss in healthy young subjects.
Brain ; Carotid Artery, Internal ; Cerebral Angiography ; Choroid ; Constriction, Pathologic ; Eye ; Fluorescein Angiography ; Glycosaminoglycans ; Hand ; Headache ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Angiography ; Male ; Middle Cerebral Artery ; Moyamoya Disease ; Paresis ; Paresthesia ; Retinal Artery ; Seizures ; Visual Acuity ; Young Adult

Many people with muscular dystrophy develop dysphagia that can result in an inability to use the oral route in severe cases. In such cases, an alternative feeding method is selected, including a nasogastric tube or a gastrostomy.This case report describes a 40-year-old man with muscular dystrophy who was managed for swallowing difficulty and respiratory failure. Oromotor muscle weakness caused prolonged mealtimes, difficulty with swallowing a solidform diet, aspiration signs, and weight loss. Consequently, an alternative feeding method was required. An abdominal radiograph showed massive aerophagia, and the transverse colon was located over the stomach. As a result, the colon interfered with the puncture route, which could lead to colon perforation. Therefore, cervical esophagostomy was selected, where the patient obtained nutrition through a cervical esophagostomy tube. This case showed that when gastrostomy cannot be performed due to aerophagia, cervical esophagostomy can successfully support nutrition for the mid to long-term in muscular dystrophy patients.

BACKGROUND: Patients with a prior myocardial infarction who undergo noncardiac surgery have a higher risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality. Therefore, this study was designed to assess the outcomes after non-cardiac surgery in patients who had a previous myocardial infarction. METHODS: Ninety three patients who had a prior myocardial infarction and underwent noncardiac surgery were included in this study. The patients were divided as follows: the Complication group versus the Non-Complication group. A retrospective analysis was performed to determine if age, gender, ejection fraction, prior coronary revascularization, ASA physical status, operation time and type, perioperative vital signs, cardiac risk factor, preoperative medications and coronary multivessel disease influence the perioperative morbidity and mortality. RESULTS: Fourteen of the 93 patients (15.1%) had perioperative complications, of which 3 (3.2%) were fatal. All fatal patients had undergone noncardiac surgery within 3 months after the previous coronary revascularization. The incidence of intraoperative tachycardia and oliguria, operation time and the ASA physical status were longer and greater in the Complication group (P<0.05). Otherwise there were no significant differences between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of intraoperative tachycardia and oliguria, the operation time and ASA physical status influence the outcomes after noncardiac surgery of patients with a prior myocardial infarction. In addition, the interval between the coronary revascularization procedure and the noncardiac surgery has a major impact on postoperative mortality. However, prospective multi-center studies will be needed to determine the effects of several variables.
Humans ; Incidence ; Mortality* ; Myocardial Infarction* ; Oliguria ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Tachycardia ; Vital Signs